The extensive menu takes you on a journey through Buck’s travels to cities like Paris and Havana with tasty original creations.

The food was also great. I’d highly recommend the chargrilled seabass for dinner.

There’s a very relaxed vibe about the place, and the West End in general.

After a good night’s sleep, we enjoyed breakfast at Cairngorm Coffee.

The café’s bright environment and friendly staff are ideal for starting your day off on the right foot.

That friendliness stretched to just about every person we came across.

When you speak to the locals you get a sense of passion for the area which is epitomised by the West End’s Business Improvement District initiative.

The BID is a collective effort from local, independent businesses to rejuvenate the West End and breathe new life into this vibrant part of city in the aftermath of the tram works which blighted many firms for years.

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Part of this includes the funding of new Sound Walks. These informative walking tours were commissioned by the locals and recorded by Sound Design students from the Edinburgh College of Art.

It couldn’t be simpler, you just download the sound clips from their website onto your phone and off you go.

The tours offer an insight into the history of the area and the secrets behind the doors of the grand Georgian houses.

They also highlight the tireless efforts being made by the locals in bringing the West End back to life.

We had never done a tour quite like it.

It was brilliant and the fact that we could start and stop it when we liked meant we could take a break for lunch, a quick coffee or just to admire the view before carrying on.

With the handy Haymarket Hub just minutes away, it provided the ideal base before seeing the capital in a totally different and unique way.

After getting our usual castle selfie, it was time to head back to the hotel and recharge for a few hours before heading home…
Until the next time we no doubt find something new to do in Scotland’s capital.